Nissan Production, Sales and Export Results for March 2013, and April 2012 to March 2013 Period

YOKOHAMA – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced its production, sales and export figures for March 2013, as well as the cumulative figures for the twelve-month period from April 2012 through March 2013.

Production outside of Japan decreased 1.0% year-on-year to 366,086 units.

In the U.S., production increased 21.4% year-on-year to 69,931 units, mainly due to increased demand for the new Pathfinder, Altima and Nissan LEAF, which began local production at the Nissan Smyrna Plant in Tennessee in January 2013.

In Mexico, production was down 15.1% year-on-year to 53,380 units, mainly due to decreased demand in advance of a new model introduction.

In the U.K., production declined 4.6% year-on-year to 42,893 units.

In Spain, production decreased 23.9% year-on-year to 10,069 units.

In China, production decreased 7.4% year-on-year to 127,776 units.

Production in other regions increased 16.7% year-on-year to 62,037 units, mainly due to increased demand in Thailand for Sylphy (which began local production in August 2012) and Almera (model name is Latio in Japan), in addition to increased demand in India.

April 2012 - March 2013 Global production for the April 2012-March 2013 period decreased 0.9% year-on-year to 4,789,286 units.

Production in Japan declined 11.6% year-on-year to 1,060,157 units.

Production outside of Japan increased 2.6% year-on-year to 3,729,129 units, marking an all-time record for the April-March period.

In the U.S., production increased year-on-year. Additionally, production was up year-on-year in Mexico and the U.K., resulting in an all-time record for the April-March period for those two markets.

In Spain and China, production was down year-on-year.

In other regions, production increased 27.5% year-on-year to 626,952 units, mainly due to increased demand in Thailand and India.